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The Nicksons: Another Plum Creek seduction

By CPC | Jul 1, 2020

Article and photo by Joe Gschwendtner; courtesy photo To study Douglas County’s early history is to dig into events around the headwaters of Plum and Cherry creeks. Nowhere is it…

Perry Park: The essence of Douglas County part II

By CPC | Jun 1, 2020

Unfinished symphony By Joe Gschwendtner; courtesy photo Hotel Nanichant was completed in 1889 to accommodate visitors to the planned Village of Lake Wauconda, its Native American name meaning echo. In…

Perry Park: The essence of Douglas County part I

By CPC | May 1, 2020

Article and photo by Joe Gschwendtner; information sourced from Fading Past: The Story of Douglas County, Colorado by Susan Consola Appleby Periodically we golf at Perry Park. When on the…

The highs and lows of Benjamin and Mary Quick

By CPC | Apr 1, 2020

Article and photo by Joe Gschwendtner Ben Quick was born in Monroe County, Ohio in 1828. Orphaned at 10, he took interest in carpentry and by 16 had become a…

It’s a Hard Knock Life

By CPC | Mar 1, 2020

By Joe Gschwendtner; photo courtesy of Carol Oliver Lyons Long before Little Orphan Annie appeared in American cartoons in 1924, comparable hardship stories like hers played out daily in the…

McMurdo Gulch Civilian Conservation Corps

By CPC | Feb 1, 2020

By Joe Gschwendtner; courtesy photos The stock market crashed on Black Friday in October 1929, ending the Roaring ‘20s. That day marked the beginning of the greatest economic downturn these…

Gone for Colorado

By CPC | Jan 1, 2020

Article and photo by Joe Gschwendtner; photos courtesy of Juni Fisher Historical research is fascinating. One clue leads to another and remarkable stories are unearthed. Jarre Canyon west of Sedalia…

Chicago hitman brings rodeo to Sedalia

By CPC | Dec 1, 2019

By Joe Gschwendtner: photos courtesy of Denver Public Library The Roaring ‘20s in the Wildcat Mountains did not lack excitement. Bootlegging and gambling were rampant, especially in Larkspur, where the…

Shot through the heart

By CPC | Nov 1, 2019

By Joe Gschwendtner; photo courtesy of the Colorado Historical Society Yes he was. Tom Campbell. Dead. Finished off with a bullet in George Manhart’s dance hall in Sedalia on Saturday,…

Larkspur: What’s in a name?

By CPC | Oct 1, 2019

Article and photo by Joe Gschwendtner; photo courtesy of the Colorado Historical Society As we left 1871 Huntsville in the throes of death in our Wildcat Lore last month, commerce…

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